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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This piece in the Atlantic raises the interesting point that enforcing the 22A will have its own challenges: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-third-term/682243/

[quote]But as Trump has repeatedly demonstrated, questions of the law and the Constitution ultimately reduce to power struggles. If you hear somebody say Trump is not allowed to do something, the first question to ask is What’s the enforcement mechanism? The courts may be likely to rule against permitting him to run as either president or vice president. But such cases are unlikely to be decided until after the Republican convention has locked in the party’s choice, forcing the courts to choose between effectively canceling the presidential election and enforcing the Twenty-Second Amendment.

Would five justices on the Supreme Court have the guts? Would the states follow such a ruling in a white-hot atmosphere where Republicans would accuse the judicial branch of nullifying democracy? Every apparently solid assumption about the inviolability of the two-term limit gets porous upon close inspection.[/quote][/quote]
These are good points. Where/how/when does Trump get blocked from running again? Will Secretaries of State refuse to put him on the ballot? Will the courts force every state to take him off? During the primaries? After the convention?[/quote]

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